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  1. Add Home Front, Home Farm 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North to your Itinerary

    Home Front, Home Farm 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Beamish

    Visit our 1940s Farm to learn about life in the British countryside during the Second World War.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2025to21 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
    More info for Home Front, Home Farm 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

  2. Add Dead Dog Gallery Exhibition Preview: Maria Cooper - Colour, Print and Motion to your Itinerary

    Dead Dog Gallery Exhibition Preview: Maria Cooper - Colour, Print and Motion

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    Exhibition

    Durham City

    Maria Cooper is a printed textile artist and designer based in County Durham. A graduate of both the Royal College of Art and the Northern School of Art, her practice is deeply rooted in the materiality of textiles, handcrafted processes and the…

    Dates

    From:
    2 May 2025to18 July 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Dead Dog Gallery Exhibition Preview: Maria Cooper - Colour, Print and Motion

  3. Add Vintage & Classic Sports Car Day to your Itinerary

    Vintage & Classic Sports Car Day

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    Children/Family events

    Durham

    Vintage and Classic Sports Car Day in the grounds of Brancepeth Castle.

    Venue

    St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth

    Dates

    From:
    9 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
    More info for Vintage & Classic Sports Car Day

  4. Add St Cuthbert's Golf Day - Ramside Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa to your Itinerary

    St Cuthbert's Golf Day - Ramside Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa

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    Golf Events

    Durham

    Ramside Golf Day in aid of St Cuthbert's Hospice.

    Dates

    From:
    5 Sept 2025
    More info for St Cuthbert's Golf Day - Ramside Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa

  5. Add Kynren - An Epic Tale of England - 2025 to your Itinerary

    Kynren - An Epic Tale of England - 2025

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    Performance

    Toronto, Bishop Auckland

    Travel through 2,000 years of history in a single unforgettable evening! Watch as legends come to life – Vikings storm ashore, battles rage, and heroes rise beneath a sky ablaze with magic and fire.
    In 2025, celebrate the 200th anniversary of the…

    Awards

    • Regional and Miscellaneous Weardale Visitor Network Member 2025Weardale Visitor Network Member

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    19 July 2025Open 21:15 -
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    13 Sept 2025Open 19:45 -
    More info for Kynren - An Epic Tale of England - 2025

  6. Add Merryoaks Market - Merryoaks Community Hall to your Itinerary

    Merryoaks Market - Merryoaks Community Hall

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    Type:

    Arts & Crafts

    Durham

    A mixture of crafts and preloved bargains along with hot drinks and snacks and a warm welcome. We will also have facility for electrical testing small items. Come and join us!

    Dates

    From:
    28 June 2025Open 11:00 - 14:00
    More info for Merryoaks Market - Merryoaks Community Hall

  7. Add Women of Raby Tour - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens to your Itinerary

    Women of Raby Tour - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens

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    Type:

    Historical

    Staindrop

    This exclusive event at Raby Castle highlights stories of some of the fascinating women who once walked our halls.

    Dates

    From:
    28 June 2025Open 10:00 - 12:00
    More info for Women of Raby Tour - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens

  8. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Occupy to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Occupy

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham

    Where did we come from? Where are we going? When is Mother’s Day 2025? We would very much like to know. And where can we find answers? The Internet. And who could possibly show us the entirety of the Internet within the limits a tight 50-minute…

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025Open 10:00 -
    From:
    26 July 2025to27 July 2025Open 10:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Occupy

  9. Add S&DR200 - All Change to your Itinerary

    S&DR200 - All Change

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    Exhibition

    South Road, Durham City

    Through authentic voices from letters, diaries, court papers, and other day-to-day records from their collections, The Story will uncover the impact of the Stockton & Darlington Railway on the socio-economic fabric of the region.  

    Dates

    From:
    25 May 2025to26 Jan 2026
    More info for S&DR200 - All Change

  10. Add Railway 200 Talk: “The Stockton & Darlington Railway – Getting America on Track” – with Jonathan Ratcliffe to your Itinerary

    Railway 200 Talk: “The Stockton & Darlington Railway – Getting America on Track” – with Jonathan Ratcliffe

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    Talks

    Shildon

    As we’re into the Stockton & Darlington Railway Bicentenary year, we’re teaming up with the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway and Jane Hackworth-Young to present a series of talks at Timothy Hackworth’s own Institute.

    Dates

    From:
    17 Sept 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Railway 200 Talk: “The Stockton & Darlington Railway – Getting America on Track” – with Jonathan Ratcliffe

  11. Add Durham Fringe Festival: Who Killed t’Duke to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: Who Killed t’Duke

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    Type:

    Theatre

    Durham City

    Who killed t’Duke is a classic whodunnit set in Medieval England where the Marx Brothers meets Murder Mystery! All that’s left of William Longbotham, Duke of Snetterdale is his ghost, which still roams this Earth today waiting for his killers to be…

    Dates

    From:
    26 July 2025to27 July 2025Open 14:00 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: Who Killed t’Duke

  12. Add Wreath Making - The Manor House Hotel & Spa to your Itinerary

    Wreath Making - The Manor House Hotel & Spa

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    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    West Auckland, Bishop Auckland

    Add a touch of homemade charm to your Christmas with a Christmas wreath making workshop.

    Dates

    From:
    7 Dec 2025Open 11:30 - 16:00
    More info for Wreath Making - The Manor House Hotel & Spa

  13. Add Big "Bath Bomb" Science to your Itinerary

    Big "Bath Bomb" Science

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Bargate Bank, Lanchester

    This Summer we welcome back Big Science for some more exciting and fun experiments, this time centred around bath bombs.

    Dates

    From:
    6 Aug 2025Open 11:30 - 12:30
    More info for Big "Bath Bomb" Science

  14. Add Durham Classic Car Show to your Itinerary

    Durham Classic Car Show

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    Show / Display

    Durham City

    Durham's City Centre will host over a hundred classic cars, a great family day out with displays in the Market Place, on Palace Green, and on Framwellgate and Elvet Bridges.

    Dates

    From:
    25 Aug 2025Open 11:00 - 16:00
    More info for Durham Classic Car Show

  15. Add Dragonfly Walk - RSPB Saltholme to your Itinerary

    Dragonfly Walk - RSPB Saltholme

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    Walking Event

    Port Clarence, Middlesbrough

    It's not just birds you can see at RSPB Saltholme- we are a haven for a huge array of wildlife, including many Dragonfly species!

    Dates

    From:
    1 Aug 2025Open 13:30 - 15:30
    More info for Dragonfly Walk - RSPB Saltholme

  16. Durham Miners' Gala 2025

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    Type:

    Show / Display

    Durham City

    The Durham Miners' Gala returns on 12th July 2025.

    Dates

    From:
    12 July 2025
    More info for Durham Miners' Gala 2025

  17. Add S&DR200 - Railway Firsts at Locomotion to your Itinerary

    S&DR200 - Railway Firsts at Locomotion

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    Type:

    Exhibition

    Shildon

    Home to one of largest collections of historic rail vehicles in the world, Locomotion is pulling out all the stops to commemorate S&DR200.

    Dates

    From:
    15 Feb 2025to31 Dec 2025
    More info for S&DR200 - Railway Firsts at Locomotion

  18. Add Step into Storytime: Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell - Hardwick Park to your Itinerary

    Step into Storytime: Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell - Hardwick Park

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Sedgefield

    Outdoor discover sessions involving storytelling, crafts activities, interactive trails, games and woodland play.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 13:00
    More info for Step into Storytime: Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell - Hardwick Park

  19. Add Tom Hume: Retrospective - Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens to your Itinerary

    Tom Hume: Retrospective - Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

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    Type:

    Exhibition

    Durham

    The first comprehensive exhibition of the work of Tom Hume, a Durham-based artist and art teacher.

    Dates

    From:
    8 Nov 2025to31 Jan 2026
    More info for Tom Hume: Retrospective - Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

  20. Add Durham Fringe Festival: The Wonder Years to your Itinerary

    Durham Fringe Festival: The Wonder Years

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    Family Fun

    Durham

    Magician, Tim Lichfield, was first bitten by the magic bug at the tender age of 7.

    Dates

    From:
    23 July 2025Open 15:45 -
    More info for Durham Fringe Festival: The Wonder Years